Many parents stop using booster seats for their children too soon. California law requires children stay in a child or booster seat until they are 6 years old or weigh at least 60 pounds. However, at that size, kids are still too small for an adult safety belt.
Calgary residents can check out Kidseat for more information about recycling expired seats at various Round-Up Clinics or Inspection Clinics. They promise to recycle or reuse any part of the seat possible, including metal, plastic and any other usable parts. Kidseat charges a recycling fee of $7 per car sear and an additional $2 for the base. You must also remove all fabric, foam and webbing.
Each seat or booster will have a date of manufacture printed on a sticker thatâs somewhere on the seat or stamped into the seat itself; as well as on the registration card that came with the seat. The car seatâs usable lifespan is often listed in the manual as well. Some seats have the expiration stamped into the plastic of the shell saying, âDO NOT USE AFTERâ and then a date. Some seats require you to calculate the expiration date by counting forward from the manufacture date.